These redeemable game cards were purchased across Palmerston North to send money overseas to a scammer. Across the course of three months the Palmerston North woman spent and borrowed almost $30,000 for a man who she'd never met. It's a tale as old as time, Sergeant James Bennett said, as he looked at the bags full of redeemable game cards she used to pass on funds to her overseas lover. “This is a really common scam, we see these weekly.”WARWICK SMITH/Stuff Sergeant James Bennett of the tactical prevention team, holds almost $30,000 worth of redeemable game cards involved in an online scam. Bennett saw about two cases a week in Palmerston North, and that’s just the ones he knew about.

Source: Stuff March 24, 2021 15:56 UTC